“Marcello Giordani is, how can I put this, what Franco Farina would sound like if he weren’t awful.” — My Favorite Intermissions … more →
parterre boxcultureonthecheap wrote 1 year ago: Javier Bardem may be reason enough to visit Las Palmas, but–both fortunately and amazingly … more →
Neil Kurtzman wrote 1 year ago: I imagine that the Met’s almost 30 year old production of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut was b … more →
Cara wrote 1 year ago: Let’s get into some good green loving for Valentine’s Day… Earth Erotics is an o … more →
lacieca wrote 1 year ago: La Cieca has just heard that Roberto Alagna will sing his first Met Radames tomorrow night, replacin … more →
lacieca wrote 1 year ago: La Cieca has just heard that Marcello Giordani goes on tonight (i.e., two hours from now) as Roméo a … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: La Cieca’s cher public are, as in so many aspects of their existence, well ahead of the curve … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: La Cieca thought that now that Puritani has opened at the Met, it’s as good a time as any to … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: Where else would La Cieca be this Sunday but basking the the star radiance of the Richard Tucker Mus … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: Beginning tomorrow night with the season premiere of Rigoletto, the Met will offer weekly free (yes, … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: To begin with: everybody was there. People you haven’t seen in 20 years were there. People you … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: La Cieca is back in her beloved Sunnyside late this evening, even though the Metropolitan Opera ope … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: That’s how one industry insider described today’s open dress rehearsal of Madama Butterf … more →
lacieca wrote 2 years ago: Having recovered from today’s five hour dress rehearsal at the Met, La Cieca’s spy Barna … more →
lacieca wrote 3 years ago: La Cieca has just learned the scheduled roster and repertoire for the Volpe Farewell Gala to be perf … more →
lacieca wrote 3 years ago: La Cieca, ear to ground as always, has picked up some reliable-sounding scuttlebutt about the incomi … more →
lacieca wrote 4 years ago: “Something happens on the opera stage when Aprile Millo and Marcello Giordani are on it togeth … more →
lacieca wrote 4 years ago: La Cieca abandons HTML today and shifts to a blog-driven site. She’s hoping that the easier in … more →